Publications by authors named "Rao M Uppu"

The title compound, CHClNO, is almost planar. In the crystal, the mol-ecules form centrosymmetric hydrogen-bonded dimers through pairwise O-H⋯N inter-actions to generate (8) loops.

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The title hydrated mol-ecular salt, CHN ·Cl·2.5HO, has two tri-phenyl-tetra-zolium cations, two chloride anions and five water mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. The cations differ in the conformations of the phenyl rings with respect to the heterocyclic core, most notably for the C-bonded phenyl ring, for which the N-C-C-C torsion angles differ by 36.

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The oxidation of me-thionyl peptides can contribute to increased biological (oxidative) stress and development of various inflammatory diseases. The conformation of peptides has an important role in the mechanism of oxidation and the inter-mediates formed in the reaction. Herein, the crystal structures of the isomeric dipeptides Gly-Met (Gly = glycine and Met = me-thio-nine) and Met-Gly, both CHNOS, are reported.

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At room temperature, the title salt, CHNO·Cl, is ortho-rhom-bic, space group with ' = 1, as previously reported [Zhao (2009 ▸). E, o2378]. Between 250 and 200 K, there is a solid-state phase transition to a twinned monoclinic 2/ structure with ' = 2.

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The title compound, CHNO, crystallizes with ' = 2 in space group 2 with the two independent mol-ecules having almost the same conformation, differing mostly at the end of the butanamide chain. A local inversion center near 1/8, 3/4, relates the two mol-ecules, as is common for structures in this space group with ' = 2. The mol-ecule crystallizes as the keto tautomer, and the β-diketone moieties are twisted out of planarity, with O-C⋯C-O pseudo torsion angles of -74.

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The study of the oxidation of various proteins necessitates scrutiny of the amino acid sequence. Since me-thio-nine (Met) and tyrosine (Tyr) are easily oxidized, peptides that contain these amino acids are frequently studied using a variety of oxidation methods, including, but not limited to, pulse radiolysis, electrochemical oxidation, and laser flash photolysis. To date, the oxidation of the Met-Tyr dipeptide is not fully understood.

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In the title compound, racemic bucetin [systematic name: -(4-eth-oxy-phen-yl)-3-hydroxy-butanamide], CHNO, the mol-ecule is in an extended conformation as illustrated by the C-O-C-C torsion angle [170.14 (15)°] in the eth-oxy group and the subsequent C-N-C-C [-177.24 (16)°], N-C-C-C [170.

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The title compound, CHNO, crystallizes with a disordered nitro group in twinned crystals. Both the meth-oxy group and the acetamide groups are nearly coplanar with the phenyl ring, and the C-N-C-O torsion angle [0.2 (4)°] is also insignificantly different from zero.

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The structure of the title compound, CHNO, reported by Smalley [(2021). , 524-534] from powder diffraction data and N NMR spectroscopy, is confirmed using low-temperature data from a twinned crystal. The tautomer in the solid state is alloxazine (1-benzo[]pteridine-2,4-dione) rather than isoalloxazine (10-benzo[]pteridine-2,4-dione).

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The title compound, CHNO, differs in its degree of planarity from the 3-nitro isomer and also in its hydrogen-bonding pattern. Its NH group forms an intra-molecular hydrogen bond to a nitro oxygen atom, and its OH group forms an inter-molecular hydrogen bond to an amide oxygen atom, generating [10] chains in the crystal.

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In the title compound, CHNO, the three substituents vary in the degree of lack of planarity with the central phenyl ring. The meth-oxy group is nearest to being coplanar, with a C-C-O-C torsion angle of 6.1 (5)°.

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Virgin coconut oil (VCO), prepared from fresh coconut kernel without any chemical refining, is an emerging functional food. The pharmacological benefits of VCO are believed to be due to the natural combination of phenolics. Although cell culture studies have demonstrated the antioxidant activity of VCO under different oxidative stress conditions, a valid demonstration of the antioxidant activity of VCO is yet to come.

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Cholesterol oxidation product, 3β-hydroxy-5-oxo-5,6-secocholestan-6-al (cholesterol 5,6-secosterol, ChSeco or Atheronal-A), formed at inflammatory sites, has been shown to promote monocyte differentiation into macrophages and cause elevated expression of macrophage scavenger receptors. Since inflammation is a key event at all stages of atherosclerotic plaque formation, the pro-inflammatory actions of ChSeco in human THP-1 monocytes and mouse J774 macrophages were investigated in the present study by employing ELISA, qRT-PCR, and functional assays. An increase in the secretion of interleukin-8 and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) isoform AA and, to a limited extent, PDGF isoform BB was observed into the culture medium of THP-1 monocytes exposed to ChSeco.

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In the present study, HFD/STZ-mediated type 2 diabetic rodent model was used to comparatively evaluate coconut oil (CO) and thermally oxidized CO (TCO) as fat sources for the development of NAFLD. Female Wistar rats (six in each group; average bwt 200 g) fed HFD containing either CO or TCO for 2 months along with an intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (30 mg/kg bwt) at the end of 1-month feeding were found to develop fatty liver and subsequent inflammatory changes when compared to the normal laboratory diet-fed animals over 2-month period. Dyslipidemia as well as enhanced activities of serum hepatic marker enzymes (e.

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In the title compound, [Na2(H2O)9](C7H4ClO2)(C12H10ClN2O5S) {systematic name: catena-poly[[[triaquasodium(I)]-di-μ-aqua-[triaquasodium(I)]-μ-aqua] 3-chlorobenzoate 4-chloro-2-[(furan-2-ylmethyl)amino]-5-sulfamoylbenzoate]}, both the original m-chloro-benzoic acid and furosemide exist with deprotonated carboxyl-ates, and the sodium cations and water mol-ecules exist in chains with stoichiometry [Na2(OH2)9](2+) that propagate in the [-110] direction. Each of the two independent Na(+) ions is coordinated by three monodentate water mol-ecules, two double-water bridges, and one single-water bridge. There is considerable cross-linking between the [Na2(OH2)9](2+) chains and to furosemide sulfonamide and carboxyl-ate by inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.

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We have developed a simple, reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method for the determination of bisphenol A (BPA) in thermal paper cash register receipts (CRs). The method is suitable for analysis of other types of bisphenols and it involves an overnight extraction of CRs with acetonitrile (AN) at 50 °C followed by the HPLC analysis on a Supelcosil LC18 column (150 × 4.6 mm, particle size: 5 μ) using 50% AN in water as the mobile phase (5 min, isocratic).

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We investigated the prooxidant effects of bisphenol A (BPA) phenoxyl radicals in comparison with the phenoxyl radicals of 3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole (BHA), 2,6-di-tert-butyl-methylphenol (BHT) and 4-tert-butylphenol (TBP). The phenoxyl radicals, generated in situ by 1-electron oxidation of the corresponding phenol, were allowed to react with reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) and rifampicin. The antioxidant activity of various phenols was examined based on the reduction of 2,2'-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH).

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The title compound, C(13)H(15)ClN(2)O(6), was synthesized by hypochlorous acid-mediated chlorination of N-acetyl-3-nitro-l-tyrosine ethyl ester. The OH group forms an intra-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bond to the nitro group and the N-H group forms an inter-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds to an amide O atom, linking the mol-ecules into chains along [100]. The crystal studied was a non-merohedral twin, with a 0.

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A xenoestrogen and known endocrine disruptor, bisphenol A (BPA) binds the human estrogen-related receptor-gamma (ERRγ) with high affinity (Kd ≈ 5.5 nM). It is likely that BPA undergoes oxidative biotransformation by hypochlorite/hypochlorous acid ((-)OCl/HOCl) and peroxynitrite (PN) and the products formed in these reactions may serve as secondary estrogens and contribute to the toxicodynamics of BPA.

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Peroxynitrite (PN) worsens pathological conditions associated with oxidative stress. However, beneficial effects have also been reported. PN has been shown to demonstrate vasodilator as well as vasoconstrictor properties that are dependent upon the experimental conditions and the vascular bed studied.

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